Flashlight and trouble light



Feb. 25, 1941 M. E. TALBOT Fusamen'r AND'TROUBLE LIGHT Filed SepLI 13, 1937' MRXUIIELL; E. Tg g QYYOZNEY Pare-urea Feb, 25,1941

UNITED ,s'rATEs 'msnmcn'r m TROUBLE uon'r Maxwell a. Talbot, Leesville, 1... Application September 1:, 1937, Serial No. 163,536

- 1 Claim. (Cl.240-10.63)

i My invention relates to improvements in. flashlights and trouble lights.

The main object of the invention is to providea light or lamp of this kind which is energized by storage or wet cell battery and which includes means by which the battery may be kept charged at all times. Another object is to provide a light in simpl and durable form including a casing carrying a storage battery and a lamp, the latter being supported in an adjustable or tiltable reflector,

and there being a receptacle adapted for mounting on any convenient part of an automobile to receive the lamp casing and to forms. connectionwith a storage battery leading to the generator of the automobile so that the battery may be charged when the lamp is not in use.

With these and other objects in view the invention resides in the novel construction and arran'gement of parts as hereinafter fully set forth and claimed, reference iing had to the accompanying drawing as showing a preferred embodiment of my invention for purposes of exempliflcation. In the drawing:

Figure l is a vertical cross section through the entire assembly of the light and its receptacle. i 1

- Figure 2 is a frontal elevation.

Figure 3 is a horizontal cross section along the line 3-4 in Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a iragmental detail view of the mounting for the handle. I

In carrying out my invention I provide a cas-' ing or-housing designated generally at 6 formed up of sheet metal into a rectangular shaped element including the front wall 6, rear wall 1, open bottom 8, inclosed rounded top I, and a large opening I0 is formed in the upper portion 02 the front wall 6 oi! oval shape with its larger axis disposed vertically. A removable bottom II is tiltably supported in the casing I with its env larged outer end set in the opening l0, which 55 opening l0 permitslimited vertical movement of the reflector as will be readily evident. A conventional lampsocket 20 is mounted in the inner extremity of the reflector l8 and the usual bulb or lamp 2! is seated therein while the outer larger end of the reflector is covered in usual 5 manner by the lens 22. The socket 2| has a conventional iocusing adjustment 22 which extends through an opening 23 in the rear wall I of the s v A mounting base or strip 24 of insulation is 10 mounted horiibntally across the inner side of the rear wall I above the level of the battery ll and at spaced points thereon contact strips 2! and 26 are mounted, these strips having the forwardly projecting tongues 21 which are adapted it to electrically engage the positive and negative terminal posts 28 of the battery. A conventional toggle switch 29 is mounted in the rear wall I oi the casing 5 and wires 30 and 3| lead from the contact strips 25 and 26 to the lamp socket 20, 20 one passing through or being connected to the toggle switch 29 so that by closing this switch connection will be made from the battery to the lamp to illuminate the same.

An inverted U-shaped handle 32 is provided 25 and the legs 33 thereof are set astraddle the sides IQ of the casing 5. These legs 33 have'the longitudinally extended elongated slots 34 through which studs 35 are passed into and secured to the sides It in such manner that the handle may 30 lower portion of the casing 5 maybe set nicely therein as shown in Figure 1. This receptacle 40 may be mounted on the running board or any other desired part of an automobile. A strip 42a of insulation is mounted horizontally across the upper portion of the back 38 and carries contact pins 62 held :in place by nuts 43 so that the 45 pins projectiorwardly from the back as shown. The aforesaid insulatingbase 26 has apertures 46 which register with apertures 45 formed'in the casing back I and these apertures are spaced in a horizontal plane at such distance that the pins 60 42 will fit therethrough when the lamp is set in the receptacle. The contact strips 25 and 26 have tubular sockets l6 pressed out forwardly and split longitudinally as indicated at 41 so as to receive and i'rictionally engage the frontal exstructural details so as best to provide a practical device for the purposes intended, not departingi'rom the spirit of the invention, and within 1 lead off from; the contact pins; 42 to a generator (not shown) or the automobile and it will thus be readily apparent that when the lamp is set into the receptacle the contact pins 42 will make contact with the battery so. that the generator will charge the same between periods of the use of the lamp. 7

It will be readily apparent that a. handle might be provided on the back of the casing 1 5 and also that the lampand reflector might be removably associated with the casing in such manner-as to be used at a. remote point if desired.

While I have herein set forth a certain preferred embodiment of my invention it isunder-P stood that I may vary from'thesame in minor the scope of the appended claim.

7 I claim: In a devicefof the kind described, 'a casing .adapted for removably holding a batterywithin' its-base, an insulation mounting base strip extended horizontally across the inner side of the rear wall ot the above the top line of an strip in spaced relation toeach other and adapted to electrically engage the terminal posts of the battery as vpositioned in the casing, a reflector inserted battery as positioned in the casing, cOn- 'tactstrips extended from this insulation base mounted through an opening in the upper face 7 of the casing, a lens in the flared frontal end of the reflector, a lamp socket and bulb movablyv seated in the inner tapered end of the. reflector, means extended rearwardly through the back 0f the casing for controlling the-lamp socket, a re- 'ceptacle adapted to removably receive the said casing, contact pins in the-back of the receptacle adapted to engage the said contact strips of the casing through apertures provided for that purpose as the casing is placed in the receptacle, wires connecting thecontact' strips and lamp socket, means for closing and opening the citcuit through the wires and connected bulb, whereby electrical connection may be made through the contact pins of the receptacle. with a generator for recharging a battery within the receptacle.

- -MAXWELL E. 

